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That was rough. No high rope access but a lot of hairpins in the woods, large slidey roots and rutted field. I set off at the back of the pack and dropped one guy early on. The first three laps were spent chasing down the next guy and then the next two holding him off. Alas he took me back for the final lap and owing to a comination of factors (mini stack in the woods, knackered saddle and knackered muscles I ended up losing time and becoming the last man on the course.
Proud that I didn't come last and managed to last the distance. There was a lot of cheering for riding on singlespeed, not that it did much for me. There were a couple of hard track sections where I was able to hammer it but all the roots and hairpins (with roots on) meant that this wasn't a singlespeeders course.